The Atlanta REALTORS® Releases June 2016 Statistics on Housing Market

The ABR Market Brief examines sales, prices in 11-county metro area

Atlanta, GA – July 18, 2016 – (RealEstateRama) — The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA), the largest association of its kind in Georgia, released its June 2016 Market Brief on residential housing statistics for 11 area counties in metro-Atlanta.  The Market Brief, compiled by First Multiple Listing Service (FMLS), provides the only regionally focused synopsis of monthly sales and home prices for single family residential properties.

Price: Average and median sales prices continue to gain traction and outpace 2015’s figures, with positive gains. The median sales price in June was $253,000, an increase of 7.7% from last June. The average sales price was $311,000, up 3.3% from the previous year.

Supply: Atlanta area housing inventory totaled 16,304 units in June, a decrease of 2.3% from June 2015. New listings totaled 5,848, up 20.4% from June 2015 and up 7.7% from the previous month. The supply for sales over a 12 month period increased to 3.6 months.

Largest Metro Counties Sales Comparison

A Word from 2016 Atlanta REALTORS® President Lane McCormack: “We are halfway through 2016 and the unit sales are up over 7% with 1,812 units more than the same time last year. We are excited to see our housing market remains strong and robust with average sales price increases year over year. I encourage homeowners and home purchasers to continue to use a REALTOR® for pricing and purchasing guidance in their transaction.”

The Atlanta REALTORS® Market Brief is designed to offer an overview of the Atlanta residential market by providing a synopsis of sales and home prices, and covers 11 counties: Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Douglas, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Fayette, Henry and Paulding.  Numbers in the reports are updated each month to reflect any additional recordings from the previous month. Each month, the numbers reported for the previous month are updated to reflect additional recordings.

For more information or details on the reports, please contact Atlanta REALTORS® at 404-250-0051.

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About the ATLANTA REALTORS® Association:

The Atlanta REALTORS® (ARA, formerly the Atlanta Board of REALTORS®), is the voice of residential real estate in Metro Atlanta and has been an instrumental factor in the growth of real estate in the state of Georgia for more than a century. As the largest REALTOR® Association in Georgia, ARA serves as a central source of information for its members by focusing on real estate education, the promotion of professionalism in the industry and representing members with legislative initiatives to create positive change for the real estate community.  While less than 50% of active real estate licensees in Georgia meet the requirements to become REALTORS®, they constitute 80% of the top producing agents.  Membership in ARA is the hallmark of quality, professionalism and production.

About FMLS:

First Multiple Listing Service, Inc. (FMLS) is the premier data services provider for real estate professionals in Georgia. FMLS was founded by a handful of real estate brokers in Atlanta in 1957. Today, membership is growing quickly and is spreading in every direction throughout Georgia and the Southeast. Currently, FMLS has over 2,100 offices and serves more than 33,000 real estate agents. The FMLS listing database contains more than 34,000 active listings located all over Georgia and the Southeast.

CONTACTS:

Atlanta REALTORS®
Renee Beidler, Communications Director Office: 404.732.0621
Reggie McCrary, Chief Executive Officer Office:  404.732.0601